New York: Random House, (1968). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 242 pp. Original quarter teal cloth over gray paper-covered boards, stamped in silver, black, teal, in original unclipped ($4.95) dust-jacket. Jacket shows trivial wear, some light handling and rubbing. A few toned marks to flaps, presumed from a previous taped Mylar, else fine. Book is tight, square and firm. Trace toning to panel edges, trivial handling and surface marks, spine ends lightly curled. Interior is clean and unmarked. Presents about fine.

Dust Jacket: Near Fine

Hardcover: Near Fine

“Outer Dark is the second novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy, published in 1968. The time and setting are nebulous, but can be assumed to be somewhere in Appalachia, sometime around the turn of the twentieth century. The novel tells of a woman named Rinthy who bears her brother's baby. The brother, Culla, leaves the nameless infant in the woods to die, but tells his sister that the newborn died of natural causes and had to be buried. Rinthy discovers this lie and sets out to find the baby for herself."